U.S. Marshal Marty Keely said police found the shirt and turned it over to members of the U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, which is helping in the search for James Leroy Tyree, 30.

Tyree disappeared from a road work crew about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. He was one of six inmates picking up litter on Alabama 144 near Ragland.

Tyree has served more than 12 years of a 20 year sentence on charges of robbery, burglary and theft. Those crimes were committed in Jefferson County. His sentence was set to end August 2019 and he could have a possible parole hearing in May.

Lawmen have not yet found Tyree, but said today they believe he remains in the Birmingham metropolitan area.